| Show female emale F costume Er extracts tracts from 11 woman in cell all apes ages wid md nations by thomas L nicholi nicholas new fork 1840 the tae utah library by jad pheau au thor with his compliments campli peace to our tells us that our first parents joeie vele without clothing clo lhing so long as they re remained mainett ina t e r 11 but that having partaker partaken par laken taken of the for forbidden biddelL i i ey first felt the sentiment of modesty since co conspired re a virtue when they adopted and simplest sit I 1 gloth ing aprons of fig leaves after taught lit them to mike make garments oje of A the e ns of animals a i I 1 but whatever r may h haive ja e the origin M onan o nan anet kind and their habits a ida dress es s is is at this ahi day natii all but the most sa savage I 1 e tribes d es j a in matter r of ol 01 nani dament ent or of n necessity esbit I 1 I 1 in Maho countries women never dress for public display long robes and thick veils envelope them whenever they go abroad at home they ornament themselves to please their lords a in to gratify rati a taste natural to the sex imd and which can ni neer be e entirely n eradicated among amone the north american indians the sri artest robes the longest feathers and the brightest streaks of paint belo belong ng to the wani warriors ors Taeg nawa are more plainly attired in the south seta SeId aids where the height of ornamental costume fists jis ts ot elaborate tattoo ings of the skin the females female yee aft afforded very littler a line or two aroulia the a ams pms ath w th a few do s he e and there amon among A the hottentots Hotten tots inhabiting so south nth abrica idl 1 t tb the e most I 1 essential article of of dress is a fingl single cat skin ctorn where it is most it regi ired the regresses neff neg of ati guinea mi have more re refined fid tast tastes they use the clean ol 01 0 1 l of the cocoanut coco anut or pate to il anoint ayi their wear usi usually a piece of cotton cofton cloth about tie waist the arab women their naked feeland feet and ankles I 1 the turkish ladies mertat ta theba baalis flis larf but ass not dress occasions for lady montague a assures W mss us that at one of these social parties to which soe had I 1 7 i i the honor bonor tobe to be invited all the ladies and their heir attendants remained for some hours talking walking about and amilius 1 them themselves elves just as they came out of the bath and with no more moe mo e drapery than the greek slave slav or the venus ventis di med ci bior I 1 tile the chin chinese ese costume is pres prescribed bribed by law and lias has not changed for thousands of years vears is no such thing as fashion known the chinese are the most modest people in the world and their eos cos eumes lumel correspond with this character tile the women of the wealthy and fashionable classes of all parts of europe and america dress much alike and the modes are constantly chan ch ansons the entre centre and sou source ace of female fashions fabbio ns is paris pans F filin om I 1 that capital each form each style each pattern of female cos costume timie spreads over th the woi id the female costumes of the french peas peasantry antTy vary greatly in ih the different departments anere is a low tight fitting bodice showing the bust to advantage which is is partially concealed by a kerchief or the skirt is generally made full and woi n gracefully and is is short enough t to i edeal the foot ankle and generally rene zene rally a part of the leg the arm aim i is seldom entirely covered cohered A neat airon apron is almost invariably va bably worn the dress of females of the laboring classes in preat great britain was formerly as pretty a costume as could bs be desir desired the substantial shoes neatly gartered stockings good stuff petticoats modest I 1 kerchief and neat little cap or gi gipsy apsy hat of the brit i i ish peasant girl formed with her rosy complexion xion fair hair hai arid and blue eyes one of the sweetest pictures that can be imagined the dutch female costume is heavy and inelegant thick petticoats are put on one over tile the other with little ri regard gard to symmetry try in switz rland the dresses are short to give such fre freedom edoin as is is to women employed in in active labors and tile hair is is almora univ really braid pd and allowed to hing hang down the bark back io w M n plaits i the g ie co costumes stul ne s of the vie vicinity in ity of vienna viea vie nn a and ot ol bavaria Ba vina are much like tile the Engl english sli in kland bland and Soul southern hern russia the national costumes a ul u all oriental character the robes are long ion a and 11 dal flawing owing we V e must not forget that all oriental hotlen paint in russia the word which signil signifies fies bdie means red cirgin the of southern europe are of great variety and singularly picturesque what fo for ex simple can be more ravish in than the costume of the ithe aels of Mi A purple bodice or m list with onar and a beti ll 11 fitting sleeves buttons but up in in front bu but towards tile the n nek ek is is left open and turns over revealing waling re a i fine and over the head is is I 1 irown a dirk dark ni antilla or bazilla rob ro uzilla tile skirt of vellow or fanciful color hang svery full and reaches reachel just aust below the knee some of tie fie pretty spanish costumes resemble the above anly thu thul l the dresses are worn much longer tile afie women of I 1 anly instead of cap bonnet or turban wea wear ripon apon their heads a towel there is n n extensive country in the world in in which the while I 1 people dress so much alike or so well as in tile the united states stales whose tailors dressmakers and ni milliners ll iners closely follow the latest modes of paris it is therefore scarce scarcely lv wife to say that the fashio of the day js is the perfection offer riale costume since in ten yer years we may be laughed at for such an assertion I 1 tile the close fiting sleeve it is impossible not to prefer er to a load f unsymmetrical drapery and the upper lipper portion 0 althe th korm form is displayed in nil all its fair proportions the lower is enveloped in a flowing drapery at times limes been carried to a great excess 7 he enormity of the bustle in a short time gave place to skirts made listic materials so as aa to keep t aly 1 draperies distended while the nicest art of tile the cress ir essmaker ess maker was put in requisition to supply oil aply tile the deficiencies of nature but after these sheets were watten and before they passed through the he press h n ell chainge inge of fashion has seduced ed the ski skirts arts to their narrowest dimensions the great length of the dress is probably a fault faull 04 of the present fash lop A witty writer has said that if a chinese lady knew that ste she should be seen by bj a man only once ah h twenty years and then only for one moment she would carefully paint her foo fidoe every day for all that period I 1 I 1 tile the strictly ornamental part of female costume in countries of european fashion is of great variety veils are worn not as in tile the east for conceal merit but for greater display fans bag parasols gold goh pencils watches ac though worn under the pretence predence pre tence of utility are arc still more intended for ornament li the practice of tight lacing is one which finds but two parallels within our memory those are the bandaging of the feet ot of the chinese infants and the stuffing of the young girls among the moors tile the chinese women are partially crippled by bv this practice but it does not give them thein curvature of the spine nor co consumption while the groces of fattening moorish beauties where they are not killed outright with the surfeit is said nt not even to cause the alie dyspepsia but the tight band aLres and torturing stays gornto secure the very opposite of moorish or indeed of lassic beauty and reduce the female form to the model of the wasp or spider interfere with tile the healthy action of the tuot most 9 im important t of the vital organs and produce the most terrible diseases disease s and del deformities ormi ties to which the human race is liable in this respect the most qi vage costi costumes tines are superior to the most civi civilized iced and it would be better to we wear r no more clothing than the australians than to dress in such a manner as to murder the individual and gradually destroy the race the danah daughters ol of zion we read in the third chapter of isaiah were not only haughty walking with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes walking anti and in mincing inning as they go and making I 1 a thi tinkling kline I 1 with their feet which e ah was caused by the bravery of their orna ornaments but they wore cauls round tires chains bracelets mufflers bonnets ornaments of tile legs headlands tablets eur car rings rings nose jewels changeable of apparel ina mantles rilles wimples dimples wim ples crisping pins glasses fine linen huen hoods veils achenb girdles and perfumery these luxuries of the toilet had been borrowed from the neighboring nations nation sor or were the result of captivity in babylon tile the greeks even in the heroic ages in which tk actions of gods and men are so sost strangely mended blended indulged in showy costumes and ornaments and ac pe ladies painted their faces to heighten brighten the charnis charms of f nature I 1 I 1 I 1 i the roman ladies added to the refinements of ahe groess in the th they watt AO tty the bath then ca came methe ahe grand operations eraki on of the toi I 1 tte which required several hours and loany ganyu assistants si stants apts I 1 4 amon amona the ornaments of the roman ladies were air ir combs of box and ivory gold and silver pins with heads nf if pearl chains and rings of gold pur pie and white ribbons and prec precious ioui stones i the materials of costume at this period were linen cotton woollen goat s hair and camel s hair flair their garments were white until aart aurelius litis allowed them to var fear red ones hitherto the exclusive privilege of rny royally alty shoes were invented at rome rom e and worn by the ladies at halls balls and public festivals the anglo saxon and danish women considered their leair bairas as the most attract attractive ie ornament young ladis wore it in flowing ringlets tile the married more confined to have abe the hair cu cut t off wa w a such a dis disgrace gradi e as to be considered a sufficient punishment punish ment for ad adultery ull ery A very striking chainge was effee effected fed in england during the ascendancy of puritanism all ali luxuries I 1 luxuries of dress were looked upon as wicked and even natural beauty beaudy was looked upon as only a temptation to siri sin when unconstrained by law costume has been governed by the manners and morals of the times when the dress conceals the person it is an indication of great purity or jealousy when there as much e I 1 we may be confident of a cor gf in venice the ladies at the b beginning eg filming of oil q century dressed in uch ruch thin light staffs that not only the shape odthe of the body but the color ot the skin could be distinguished through them in france in the century the women a appeared half naked na ked in publics public assemblies and in the public walks dressed so much like men that they could coald scarcely y be from them except by the voice w the first we bear of artificial compression of the waist gasn wasn the cen century in italy where tile the men accordi according nj to petrarca Petr arch had their stomachs squeezed by machines mad hines of iron it was only toward the last bend cen tury thattie that the impression became general that I 1 llie lie female waist as formed by nature and imitated by painters and sculptors in the masterpieces master pieces of art was too large and systematic compression was then first used to bring it int into proper dimensions stays were invented and theof the female ernale waist under their influence was brought into tive the shape of an ail hourglass hour bour glass or an insect anatomy physiology and all the correct principles of taste were painful ily or ludicrously disregarded for while we shudder at the idea dea of I 1 lungs pressed up into the throat and liver jam ed down don into the abdomen a stomach compelled to digest and a heart to beat under a heavy pressure it is impossible for a man of correct taste not to laugh Z at the caricatures of female beauty which this artifice produces S it must not be supposed however that sta yand tight lacing held their sway steadily from their first invention to the present time on the contrary they soon met with willi a powerful opposition and were denounced by both physicians and connoisseurs in female beauty and fashion ever tending to extremes soon made waists as much too large as they had been too small and by the aid of various about 1766 ever lady appeared to be in an interesting situation about the beLr beginning inning odthe of the last century it was hi highly indecent to show two inches of the neck about the middle of it the dress had descended very low upon tile shoulders a few years after even every lady was muffled up to the chin and so aate alternately th the e ladies have been misers and prodigals prod igals of their charms the above extracts are very brief when compared with the history from which they bep taken but of sufficient length to answer our design which is to shew tile the indies of deseret the folly of attempting to anlow follow all ohp hi foolish ridiculous arid and disgusting fash fashions As which have or may hereafter be introduced by an iLyn ignorant orant and wicked generation through the influx influence ence of dress makers for the purpose of M making pain gain or of characters refina d in iniquity not worthy to be named on a decent page who enter cater to the fancy of every passer by for ohp purpose se of sustaining themselves in their iniquitous 11 course from whence should fashions originate from ilie most anost enlightened the most intelligent the most wise wisp from those who understand the organization odthe of the buman system and glinse aljin things 0 s which will most tend to health convenience purity beauty and happiness happiness for god is lovely in all his works and would make all his creatures happy if they would accept the terms on which he offers happi ness follow then the pattern which your heave heavens nl father has set you ye mothers and sisters in israel and help to carry out his desi designs gos in all things and not let your minds be led astray from th the e great object of your existence by the fashions frowns or flatteries flat teries of ofa a world in sin that not god or the object for which eve was created it if on a thorough investigation you find that you can improve the handy bandy works of the almighty if you can add strength usefulness and beauty to the female form by placing the head where the feet now are by removing file fingers to the feet and the toes to tn the arms by setting the face on the back odthe of the head and the back of the head in front by exchanging an arm for a leg or a leg for an ear or by causing the toes tobes and fingers to look and go backward instead of forward then go at it in good earnest and make m your r improvement and show the maker of all things that you you have the start of him and that lie he must come to you to gain creative arid and intelligence but until you can do all this do do not longer follow any fashion because it is lar and an d try to make oters oth ars brieve iB althe breast hone bone extends to the fences or toes and that alist A you will that strong bony frame designed as a protector for tile breast and vitals will protect you from suffering from your folly by your encroach 1 I merits ments on that part of the body far beyond its reach most things have their opposites let the frog 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